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NCL-381,139. P atentedApr, 17, 1888.

UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE. i'

HENRY JEEEERY, OE strooKsRRIDGE WORKs, NEAR sHEEEIELD, OOUNTYOE YORK, ENGLAND, AssIGNOR To SAMUEL FOX a oo., (LIMITEII) QE sAME SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381139, dated April 17, 1888. j'

I Application filed August 1, 1887. Serial No. 245,833. (No model.) *I

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it k nown that I, HENRY JEEEERY,-a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at`V theStocksbridge Works, near Shefeld, in the county of York, England, clerk, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of the Frames of Umbrellas, Parasols, and Sunshades, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention has for itsobjectimprovements in the construction of the frames of umbrellas, parasols, and sunshadesyand the improvements -relate to the construction of the` end portion of thestretchers where they are I5 jointedtothe ribs. Heretofore when the stretchers havebeen formed of trough-wire with a three-fork end,

. the two outer prongs of the :fork have been formed from part .ofy a thin piece of sheet metal, which piece has been made to pass around the f exterior of the end ofthe stretcher justin rear of the fork and its edges havebeen bent over the sides of the troughand made to pass into its interior, so that each side of the trough has been nipped by the thin metal. Consequently at the end of the stretcher, where ,the thin metal is wrapped around it, the edges of the sides of the trough-stretcher close up to then fork have projected somewhat beyond the remainder of the side edges of the trough, so that the stretchers could not along the lwhole of their length lie Lperfectly close to the ribs. To remedy this Lform a recess in the yedge of each side of the end of the trough-wire of j the fork and where it is to be embraced by the has been secured to the stretcher end the edges of the sides of the trough are continued in one straight line rightup to the point Where the fork commences. Y

which the stretcher is` formed, just in rear of thin metal, so that when the thinmetal piece Figure 1 of the drawings hereunto annexed is aside view of a three-fork end of a stretcher 4 5 Xas heretofore made. Fig. 2 isV a side view,

and Fig. 3 a face vieW,`of a three-fork end formed as abovcdescribed. Fig. 4'is aside view, 'and Fig. 5 a face view, of the stretcher.

end before the outer prong-piece has begn sti/559* 1g. l s p p cured to it. Fig. 6 is a side view, and

a face fview, of the outer prong-piece. 1 The recesses a, which I form ineach side of the trough-wire near the' end of the stretcher,f

are shown clearly in Fig. 4. The recesses I form 55 l by putting the end of the stretcher intoa grooved'die, then bringing-.down upon Ita Y punch they width ofthe recess, such punchv having a tongue` on it which goes inside the stretcher to'keep it tojiits proper-opening. 6 A

The niece b for forming the outer prongs ofthe fork is then placed ontothe stretcher endy and the edges of the rportions b of the piece b are bent-over the edges of the sides of thetrough l just where the recesses afhave been form'edin them.k l

i The bendngover of the pieces b to make them clip the sides of the trough is effected 1n theordinary manner. j `Having now particularly described and as-y certained the nature oi' mysaid inventionand l p in Awhat manner'the same is to beperfo'rmed, I declare that what I claim is A stretcher 'of trough-wire having notches Y a near the fork end of the stretcher, within which the parts b ofthepiece b lie, substantially as described. l f j l j f HENRY JEFFERY. j

Witnesses: j. REGD. BENSON,vv Solicitor, Sheffield. n j I f HERBERT ANTOLIEEE, I-

u t Clerk to Vll/[essmBurcleknl dt 0o., Solicitors, Shefn field.' f' f 1 

